Dynamics of quiescent prominences : proceedings of the no. 117 Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, Hvar, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia 1989

For some time to come, this book should be the main source for research in prominences. It surveys the results of the past years, including the "Hvar Reference Atmosphere", which was developed by a panel as a model for quiescent prominences. The reader will find papers on the formation of and physical conditions in prominences, on magnetic fields, on mass motion and energy flow, and on the prominence-corona interface. Conditions for the formation of prominences as inferred from optical observations....Pages 1-48 Prominence magnetic field observations....Pages 49-69 Radio observations of prominences....Pages 70-84 Mass motion in and around prominences....Pages 85-105 The prominence-corona Interface....Pages 106-119 Mass and energy flow in prominences....Pages 120-128 Support of quiescent prominences....Pages 129-149 Magnetic structure of prominences....Pages 150-186 Physical conditions in prominences....Pages 187-205 Diagnostic of prominence magnetic fields....Pages 206-231 Formation of a filament around a magnetic region....Pages 232-232 Vector magnetic field and currents at the footpoint of a loop prominence....Pages 233-233 Photospheric field gradient in the neighbourhood of quiescent prominences....Pages 234-234 Evolution of fine structures in a filament....Pages 235-235 Magnetic 'pole-antipole' configuration as an alternative model for solar plasma loops and sunspots' nature....Pages 236-236 On the spatial distribution of prominence threads....Pages 237-237 Micro- and macroinhomogeneities of density in a quiescent prominence....Pages 238-238 High resolution analysis of quiescent prominences at NSO / Sacramento Peak observatory....Pages 239-239 A movie of small-scale Doppler velocities in a quiescent prominence....Pages 240-240 Fibril structure of solar prominences....Pages 241-241 Estimation of the line of sight amplitude of the magnetic field on threads of an active region prominence....Pages 242-243 High resolution observations of motions and structure of prominence threads....Pages 244-245 Observational aspects of a prominence from HeI 10830 data analysis....Pages 246-246 Some observations of the coronal environment of prominences....Pages 247-247 Corona-prominence interface as seen in H-alpha....Pages 248-248 Diagnostic study of prominence- corona interface....Pages 249-249 The prominence-corona transition region analyzed from SL-2 HRTS....Pages 250-250 Radio emission from quiescent filaments....Pages 251-251 Dynamical structure of a quiescent prominence....Pages 252-252 Dynamics of solar prominence on December 7, 1978....Pages 253-253 Post - flare loops on August 15 – 16, 1989....Pages 254-254 Doppler velocity oscillations in quiescent prominences....Pages 255-255 Oscillatory relaxation of an eruptive prominence....Pages 256-256 On oscillations in prominences....Pages 257-257 Matter flow velocities in active region emission loop observed in H- alpha....Pages 258-258 Quantitative research on the velocity field of a loop prominence system....Pages 259-259 On the probable double-loop structure of the flare-like disc object....Pages 260-260 An analysis or surges triggered by a small flare....Pages 261-261 Vertical flows in a quiescent filament....Pages 262-262 Distribution of velocities in the pre-eruptive phase of a quiescent prominence....Pages 263-263 Mass motions in a quiescent prominence and an active one....Pages 264-264 Radial velocities of active and quiescent prominences....Pages 265-265 Spectral lines structural features of the active prominence....Pages 266-266 An automated procedure for measurement of prominence transverse velocities....Pages 267-267 A three-dimensional model for solar prominences....Pages 268-268 How to form a dip in a magnetic field before the formation of a solar prominence....Pages 269-269 MHD stability of line-tied prominence magnetic fields....Pages 270-270 A model for quiescent solar prominences with normal polarity....Pages 271-271 The nonlinear evolution of magnetized filaments....Pages 272-274 Thermal equilibrium of coronal loops and prominence formation....Pages 275-275 Thermal instability in planar solar coronal structures....Pages 276-276 TO The problem of instability of the solar atmosphere caused by absorption of radiation energy....Pages 277-277 Radiative transfer in cylindrical prominence threads....Pages 278-278 HYdrogen line formation in filamentary prominences....Pages 279-279 Toward hydrogen emission in structurally inhomogeneous prominences....Pages 280-280 Linear polarization of hydrogen Hα line in filaments: Method and results of computation....Pages 281-281 Multithread structure as a possible solution for the Lβ problem in solar prominences....Pages 282-282 On the Balmer and Paschen energy decrements in different brightness prominences....Pages 283-283 Semi-empirical models at different heights of a quiescent prominence....Pages 284-284 Analysis of HeI 10830 a line in a quiescent prominence....Pages 285-285 Quiescent filament “appearances and disappearances”....Pages 286-286 Numerical simulation of a catastrophe model for prominence eruptions....Pages 287-287 Laws of evolution and destruction of solar prominences....Pages 288-288 Proto-elements of dark solar filaments....Pages 289-289 On the behaviour of the long-living solar filaments....Pages 290-290 On some statistical and morphological characteristics of the quiescent prominences of solar activity cycle N 21....Pages 291-291 Motion of high latitude solar microwave sources and comparison with polar prominences....Pages 292-292 Polar crown filaments and solar differential rotation at high latitudes....Pages 293-293 Hvar reference atmosphere of quiescent prominences....Pages 294-297 Plasma parameters in quiescent prominences....Pages 298-301 Summary of IAU colloquium 117, dynamics of prominences....Pages 302-304 Surveys research results in the field of quiescent prominences. Topics include the formation of and physical conditions of prominences on magnetic fields, on mass motion and energy flow, and on the prominence-corona interface.